The boomerang is one of the greatest accomplishments of early man and has helped to fed countless people For many Westerners, boomerangs are something of a novelty. We understand the principle but what’s the point of it? Or perhaps we like the word itself: he thought his strategy would win, but it boomeranged on him. If you’re lucky, you might know someone, or at least see someone, who really knows how to throw one. Boomerangs were invented by Aborigines in what is now Australia a very, very long time ago, and it was designed for hunting. It must have been…